The purpose of this project is to carry out an analysis and determine the profile of actual lean manufacturing processes in the Metropolitan Area of Bucaramanga. Through the analysis of qualitative and quantitative variables it was possible to establish how these manufacturers develop production practices that ensure their competitiveness and productivity in the market. In this study, a random ...

Design and Redesign of a Production Control Model are methods for business process reengineering of manufacturing companies. It is a practical approach to assist companies that want to make the way they control their manufacturing processes a competitive advantage in meeting future market and customer demands. It is based on application of a mixture of techniques and methods from well known con...

Manufacturing and non-manufacturing companies are represented to varying degrees in the structure of advanced economies. Their business success turbulent times depends on smart decisions, including decisions concerning human resources (HR) that affect companies’ ability survive compete. However, such judgments may differ manufacturing companies. The paper aims reveal potential differences HR be...

IntroductIon: Factory oF Future and Industry 4.0 The so called Industry 4.0 is the industrial revolution based on Cyber-Physical-Systems (CPS). In the context of Factory of Future (FoF), the smart manufacturing, or Factory 4.0, is part of Internet of Thinks (IoT), of Services and People. The well-known digital transformation of the industrial value chain is relevant for smart grids in the field...

One essential requirement for business survival is the continuous ability to meet customer needs and demands. Market needs cause unceasing changes in product(s) life cycle, shape, quality, and price. Agility is an enterprise-wide response to an increasingly competitive and changing business environment, based on four cardinal principles: enrich the customer; master change and uncertainty; lever...

Global competition in the manufacturing industry is characterized by ever shorter product life cycles, increasing complexity and a turbulent environment. High product quality, continuously improved processes as well as changeable organizational structures constitute central success factors for manufacturing companies. With the rise of the internet of things and Industrie 4.0, the increasing use...

Study to explore the effect of customization towards user satisfaction in the daily operation of ERP system .Study carried out in four manufacturing companies. Indepth interviews and surveys used to measure the user satisfaction in the manufacturing companies. The results reveal that exceeding certain level of customization complexity index would reduce the user satisfaction level towards the E...

This chapter presents the rapid prototyping and manufacturing concepts applied as means to reducing time between jewellery designs and manufacturing process. Different processes on jewellery modelling production are presented. Nowadays, the use of technologies as CAD/CAM Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing in high production companies are very disseminated. However, the implementation of th...